Brook trout resurgence in the Potomac headwaters is a beacon of hope
October 31, 2024New funding helps Trout Unlimited continue its restoration work
Read storyOur regional partnership guides the restoration and protection of the nation’s largest estuary.
Learn more about usNew funding helps Trout Unlimited continue its restoration work
Read storyFive critters around the watershed use mimicry to protect themselves
The Atlantic sturgeon is slowly recovering in Virginia
5 themes guide the agreement:
Our partnership is guided by the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, which includes goals and outcomes for restoring the Bay, its tributaries and the lands that surround them.
Learn more about the latest agreementAn array of complex problems threaten the health of the Bay and its wildlife.
Learn moreOver 100,000 streams, creeks and rivers drain to the Bay, making up a 64,000 square mile watershed.
Learn moreThe Bay is full of interesting facts and trivia related to its history, wildlife, geography and more.
Learn moreExplore the Field Guide to learn about more than 300 species of birds, fish, insects, invertebrates, mammals, plants, reptiles and amphibians that live in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Visit the field guideThe cedar waxwing is a fruit-loving bird whose wings have a wax-red tip.
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